> > I just thought I will renew our Xen guests with 5.6, and after a fresh

> > install, I have been unable to install kernel-xen-devel. I have tried a

> > yum clean all with no luck.

> >

> > I can see the file in the repository:

> >

> > http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/56/x86_64/SL/kernel-xen-d

> > evel-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

> >

> > But a yum search does not help.

> >

> > Aug 09 16:58 [root@ppwn04:yum.repos.d]# yum search kernel-xen-devel

> > Excluding Packages in global exclude list

> > Finished

> > Warning: No matches found for: kernel-xen-devel

> > No Matches found

> >

> >

> > How do I know if a a package is really provided by the repository?

> >

> > I did some tests and it seems this is also happening in SL5.4. The

> > package is manually installable, but aparently not with yum.

>

> Hi,

> "yum search" is not the command that you want. That command searches in

> the description of a package for the string you give it. It doesn't

> search the title of the package at all.

>

> The command you want is "yum list" and "yum install"

>

> yum list kernel-xen-devel

>

> and then

>

> yum install kernel-xen-devel

>

> or if you want a specific version, put that on as well

>

> yum install kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5

>

> Hope this helps.

> Troy

Hi Troy,

Not much :(

Aug 09 16:58 [root@ppwn04:yum.repos.d]# yum install kernel-xen-devel

Loaded plugins: kernel-module

Excluding Packages in global exclude list

Finished

Setting up Install Process

No package kernel-xen-devel available.

Nothing to do

Aug 09 17:42 [root@ppwn04:yum.repos.d]# yum list kernel-xen-devel

Loaded plugins: kernel-module

Excluding Packages in global exclude list

Finished

Error: No matching Packages to list

BR/Pablo